GLAD YOU'RE BACK WITH US. WELL, IT IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CRIME FIGHTING PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF. OPERATION CEASE-FIRE IS MARKING A DECADE PUTTING A SQUEEZE ON GUN CRIMES IN BREVARD AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. JUSTIN WARMOTH LOOKS AT HOW IT HELPS KEEP YOU SAFE. OPERATION CEASE-FIRE STARTED 10 YEARS AGO. SINCE IT WAS FORMED, HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS HAVE FOLLOWED. STATE ATTORNEY PHIL ARCHER TOLD ME THE TASK FORCE HAS PREVENTED CRIMES FROM HAPPENING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS SAVED LIVES. THIS UNDERCOVER VIDEO WHEREAS TAKEN BY A.T.F. AGENT WHO IS MAKING A GUN DEAL WITH A CONVICTED FELON JASON CARLISLE IN A LOWE'S PARKING LOT IN BREVARD COUNTY. A DANGEROUS SITUATION BUT SOON AFTER THIS EXCHANGE WAS MADE, CARLISLE WAS ARRESTED. HE IS NOW SERVING A 22-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE. WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE TASK FORCE HAS TARGETED CERTAIN DEFENDANTS, ARMED OFFENDERS IN BREVARD COUNTY. STATE ATTORNEY PHIL ARCHER IS TALKING ABOUT OPERATION CEASE-FIRE WHICH TEAMS LOCAL, FEDERAL AND STATE AGENTS TO SEEK OUT CRIMINALS WHO USE FIREARMS IN THEIR CRIMES. ARCHER SAYS THE TASK FORCE HAS PUT AWAY 130 GUN CRIMINALS AND REDUCED GUN-RELATED CRIME BY 28% IN BREVARD COUNTY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. THIS BRINGS TOGETHER ALL THE MAJOR PLAYERS IN BREVARD COUNTY. EVERY WEEK. TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT GANG MEMBERS, ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME. AND SO WHEN THEY SHARE THAT INFORMATION, THEN THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO TARGET THOSE OFFENDERS THIS VIDEO SHOWS ANOTHER CONVICTED FELON, LAWRENCE ALVARADO IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A CAR DRIVING DOWN THE STREETS OF COCOA. YOU CAN SEE HIM SHOWING OFF HIS GUN. AS A FELON, IT'S ILLEGAL FOR HIM TO HANDLE GUNS. HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER AGENTS DISCOVERED THIS VIDEO. HE IS NOW SERVING 17 YEARS IN PRISON. DOES IT MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER? MAKES IT A LOT EASIER HE SAYS THERE ARE WAYS THE COMMUNITY CAN GET INVOLVED IN GUN SEIZURE EFFORTS.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -

It's the most successful crime-fighting program you may never have heard about.

Operation Ceasefire is a task force that teams local, federal and state agents to seek out criminals who use firearms in their crimes.

It's been 10 years since the group started and since it was formed, hundreds of arrests have followed.

It's a dangerous situation, but soon after the exchange was made, Caryle was arrested. He is serving a 22-year prison sentence.

"We've been very successful. The task force has targeted armed offenders in Brevard County," said Archer.

Archer says Operation Ceasefire has put away 130 gun criminals, racked up 800-plus years in prison sentences and recued gun-related crime by 28 percent in Brevard County over the past 5 years.

"This brings together all the major players in Brevard County every week to share information about gang members and about violent crime," said Archer. "When they share that information, then they can work together to target those offenders."

Another video discovered by agents shows convicted felon Lawrence Alvarado in the passenger seat of a car and showing off his gun down the streets of Cocoa. As a felon, it's illegal for him to handle guns.

After agents discovered the video, Alvarado was arrested. He's now serving 18 years in prison -- one of the many put away because of Operation Ceasefire.

Archer said there are also ways for the community to help with gun-prevention efforts. He said for folks to keep weapons secure against theft and if you see illegal gun activity to call law enforcement immediately.

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